PřF:JAB04 English for Biology IV - Course Information
JAB04 English for Biology IV
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2012
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Hana Němcová (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Kubrická, Ph.D. (assistant)
PhDr. Eva Složilová, MA, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Hana Ševečková, M.A.
Language Centre, Faculty of Science Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Lenka Pavlíková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Science Division – Language Centre - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- JAB04/01: Wed 9:00–10:50 C15/227
JAB04/02: Wed 11:00–12:50 C15/227
JAB04/03: Thu 15:00–16:50 C15/227 - Prerequisites
- The knowledge of English - B2 level CEFR
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Anthropology (programme PřF, B-AN)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Physical Antropology)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, M-BI, specialization Socio-Cultural Antropology)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, N-AN)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Physical Antropology)
- Anthropology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Socio-Cultural Antropology)
- Biology (programme PřF, B-BI)
- Biology (programme PřF, N-BI)
- Biology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-BI)
- Biology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-EB)
- Biology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-FY)
- Biology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GE)
- Biology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Biology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-CH)
- Biology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-IO)
- Biology with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-MA)
- Botany (programme PřF, N-EB)
- Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics (programme PřF, B-BI)
- Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (programme PřF, B-EB)
- Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (programme PřF, B-EB, specialization Botany)
- Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (programme PřF, B-EB, specialization Zoology)
- Mathematical Biology (programme PřF, B-BI)
- Mathematical Biology (programme PřF, B-EXB)
- Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, B-BI)
- Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, B-EXB)
- Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, N-BI)
- Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Genomika a proteomika)
- Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Molekularni a geneticka diagnostika)
- Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, N-EXB)
- Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, N-EXB, specialization Antropogenetika)
- Molecular Biology and Genetics (programme PřF, N-EXB, specialization Molekulární biologie a genetika)
- General Biology (programme PřF, B-BI)
- General Biology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Ekotoxikology)
- General Biology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Plant Physiology)
- General Biology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Physiology of Animals)
- General Biology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Microbiology)
- General Biology (programme PřF, N-BI)
- General Biology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Ekotoxikologie)
- General Biology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Plant Physiology)
- General Biology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Physiology of Animals)
- General Biology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Microbiology)
- Special Biology (programme PřF, B-EXB)
- Special Biology (programme PřF, B-EXB, specialization Ecotoxicology)
- Special Biology (programme PřF, B-EXB, specialization Experimental Biology of Plants)
- Special Biology (programme PřF, B-EXB, specialization Experimental Biology of Animals and Immunology)
- Special Biology (programme PřF, B-EXB, specialization Mikrobiology a Molecular Biotechnology)
- Special Biology (programme PřF, N-EXB)
- Special Biology (programme PřF, N-EXB, specialization Ekotoxikologie)
- Special Biology (programme PřF, N-EXB, specialization Experimentální biologie rostlin)
- Special Biology (programme PřF, N-EXB, specialization Experimentální biologie živočichů a imunologie)
- Special Biology (programme PřF, N-EXB, specialization Mikrobiologie a molekulární biotechnologie)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, B-BI)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, B-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Botany)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Systematic Botany and Ecology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Systematic Zoology and Ecology)
- Systematic Biology and Ecology (programme PřF, N-BI, specialization Zoology)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology (programme PřF, N-BI)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology (programme PřF, N-EB)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology (programme PřF, N-CH)
- Zoology (programme PřF, N-EB)
- Course objectives
- After completing this course the student will be able to:
understand authentic biological texts/lectures
identify the main ideas
formulate the main ideas
interpret the information
present biological topics using basic presentation techniques
summarize a biological text
compare and contrast
use arguments in a discussion on a biological topic (defend one´s opinion, opose, support arguments of a colleague)
present one´s research using advanced presentation techniques - Syllabus
- Syllabus of the course:
- - biological topics
- - everyday English
- Scientific method
- Presentations
- Handedness
- Genetic research
- Human genome project
- Stem cells
- Genetic diseases
- Eugenics
- Panel discussion
- Literature
- The recommended literaure - see the information of the teacher
- online: New Scientist, Science Daily, Nature, National Geographic, BBC, How stuff works
- Přehled doporučené literatury - viz informace učitele.
- MCCARTHY, Michael and Felicity O'DELL. Academic vocabulary in use. First published. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 176 stran. ISBN 9780521689397. info
- Academic writing course :study skills in English. Edited by R.R Jordan. 1st ed. Essex: Longman, 1999, 160 s. ISBN 0-582-40019-8. info
- Teaching methods
- foreign language course; text analysis, listening comprehension, discussion (in pairs, groups, plenary) presentations; blended learning - IS MU (interactive materials, dril)
- Assessment methods
- Each course is concluded with a credit test. 85% attendance in seminars is required.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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